The Many Faces of Chocolate
Few are the women that flat out reject chocolate. I personally love the stuff. It's supposed to be good for lowering your blood pressure and serves as a source of antioxidants. But health benefits aside, it's just plain delicious.
Chocolate is, of course, originally from Mexico. And indulging goes beyond drinking a bit of hot cocoa or eating a candy bar. There are a ton of deserts and savory dishes, in addition to warm and comforting drinks. It's even used to make salad dressings.
An odd chocolate concoction that I like is Mayan Chocolate. I has a cinnamon a touch of chili pepper. Any other exotic faves out there?
April 7th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
In addition chocolate causes certain endocrine glands to secrete hormones that affect your feelings and behavior by making you happy. Therefore, it counteracts depression, in turn reducing the stress of depression. Your stress-free life helps you maintain a youthful disposition, both physically and mentally. So, eat lots of chocolate.
“I love chocolate. Have you ever seen a chocolate
fountain? It is wonderful! Check this out..”
http://www.sarahs-sweet-fountains.co.uk
April 8th, 2008 at 7:15 am
Hey! I love chocolates very much, especially dark chocolates…
April 18th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
It looks like you can also do facials with chocolate. I swear, it’s the perfect food.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Chocolate-Facial-Mask
April 21st, 2008 at 10:31 am
Is chocolate worth the enslavement of others? Check out this documentary about where our chocolate really comes from and how others suffer so we may enjoy: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8510275415580537193
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:50 pm
I received a comment for this blog from latinamericanprincesa in my inbox that isn’t showing up here, so I’ll share it with you because I love that someone asked this question:
Is chocolate worth the enslavement of others?
Of course not. As consumers we are able to influence criminal practices by various industries through our conscious choices at the time of purchase.
In terms of chocolate, we can choose to do business with fair trade merchants and those that certify slave-free products:
http://www.alternet.org/story/12373/
http://endchildslavery.theoaktree.org/BuySlaveFree/Chocolate/tabid/82/Default.aspx
http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/goodchocolateproducts.html